New Google book deal due Nov. 9

A federal judge has given Google Inc. and opponents of its book-scanning plans until Nov. 9 to come up with a compromise.

An agreement that the Mountain View, Calif. search giant reached last year with authors and publishers drew enough opposition, including from the U.S. Justice Dept., that it was shelved last month.

Now Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is working with the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and others to find a way to satisfy its critics.

The original settlement gave Google the right to scan books which it would sell access to and advertising against. In return Google agreed to share revenue from the ads with the authors and other copyright owners.

At the center of much of the criticism, though, was works where the copyright owners are unknown. Google said that concerns over these so-called orphan books can be resolved through legislation.

More than 400 briefs have been filed with Judge Denny Chin of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, including criticism from Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com and some state attorneys general.

The Wall Street Journal reported that a number of those opponents and Google rivals planned to meet at a conference Thursday to discuss alternatives.